This round of Euro-Barometer surveys queried respondents on
standard Euro-Barometer measures such as public awareness of and
attitudes toward the European Union (EU), and also focused on the
election of the Parliament for the European Union, which occurred in
June of 1994. EU matters covered included the respondents' general
attitudes toward the European Union and, in particular, their interest
in European politics, general efforts to unify Western Europe, their
own country's me... (more info)

This round of Euro-Barometer surveys queried respondents on
standard Euro-Barometer measures such as public awareness of and
attitudes toward the European Union (EU), and also focused on the
election of the Parliament for the European Union, which occurred in
June of 1994. EU matters covered included the respondents' general
attitudes toward the European Union and, in particular, their interest
in European politics, general efforts to unify Western Europe, their
own country's membership, their level of satisfaction with how
democracy was working in the EU and in their own country, and the
level of involvement of the EU in important issues of the
day. Questions on the EU Parliament election asked participants if
they had voted in the election, and, if so, for which party they had
voted. Respondents were also queried about their attitudes toward
female candidates in the election, their feelings about important
public figures in general, the role of women in decision-making roles
within the institutions and organizations of the EU, the role of
political campaigns in the election, and their interpretations of the
importance of the results. Respondents commented on how strongly they
thought of themselves as Europeans, their attitudes toward a single
European currency, feelings about the unemployment problem and the
possible need for a massive government program to tackle the problem,
opinions on border controls and other political issues and problems,
feelings about immigrants, the future role of Germany in the EU, and
their level of confidence in the decisions of the EU. They also
described the good and bad points of the European Parliament, its
power, its effects on the lives of individuals, and whether the EU
should develop into a United States of Europe. Demographic and other
background information was gathered on the number of people residing
in the home, size of locality, household income, trade union
membership, region of residence, and occupation of the head of
household, as well as the respondent's age, sex, marital status,
education, occupation, work sector, religion, religiosity, subjective
social class, and left-right political self-placement.

Universe:
Persons aged 15 and over residing in the 12 member nations
of the European Union: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the
United Kingdom.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) Data processing for this collection was performed
at the Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung in Cologne,
Germany. (2) The data collection instrument and codebook are provided
as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was
developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using the
Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the
Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.

Methodology

Sample:
Multistage national probability samples.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1996-05-15

Version History:

1998-07-28 SAS data definition statements and a
machine-readable codebook with frequencies have been added to the
collection. The data collection instrument has been converted to a PDF
file.